Torts: Liability for Economic Harm

Restatement of the Law Third,

This is part of the Restatement Third, Torts, series that, when complete, will supersede Restatement Second, Torts. This volume updates coverage of economic torts and addresses some topics not covered in prior Restatements. It deals with four principal areas of tort law: unintentional infliction of economic loss, liability for fraud, interference with economic interests, and misuse of legal procedure.

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300+ pages, 2020, #1R3LEHOT
Part of ALI’s ongoing revision of the Restatement Second of Torts, this volume updates coverage of economic torts in the Restatement Second and addresses some topics not covered in prior Restatements. This volume deals with four principal areas of tort law: unintentional infliction of economic loss, liability for fraud, interference with economic interests, and misuse of legal procedure.
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Foreword
CHAPTER 1 - UNINTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF ECONOMIC LOSS
§ 1. Liability for the Unintentional Infliction of Economic Loss: General Principles
§ 2. Economic Loss Defined
§ 3. Preclusion of Tort Liability Arising from Contract (Economic-Loss Rule)
§4. Professional Negligence Resulting in Economic Loss
§ 5. Negligent Misrepresentation
§ 6. Negligent Performance of Services
§ 7. Economic Loss from Injury to a Third Person or to Property Not Belonging to the Claimant
§ 8. Public Nuisance Resulting in Economic Loss
CHAPTER 2 - LIABILITY IN TORT FOR FRAUD; BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY
§ 9. Fraud....................................................................................................................................... 86
§ 10. Scienter................................................................................................................................. 98
§ 11. Factual Causation; Justifiable Reliance.............................................................................. 102
§ 12. Scope of Liability............................................................................................................... 111
§ 13. Duties to Disclose; Tacit Misrepresentation....................................................................... 114
§ 14. Liability for Misrepresentations of Opinion....................................................................... 122
§ 15. Promissory Fraud................................................................................................................ 127
§ 16 Breach of Fiduciary Duty.................................................................................................... 131
CHAPTER 3 – INTERFERENCE WITH ECONOMIC INTERESTS
§ 17. Interference with Contract................................................................................................. 136
§ 18. Interference with Economic Expectation........................................................................... 160
§ 19. Interference with Inheritance or Gift................................................................................. 173
§ 20. Interference with Contract: Privileges................................................................................ 182
CHAPTER 4 - MISUSE OF LEGAL PROCEDURE
§ 21. Malicious Prosecution......................................................................................................... 188
§ 22. Probable Cause to Initiate Criminal Proceedings .............................................................. 203
§ 23. Favorable Termination of Criminal Proceedings................................................................ 217
§ 24. Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings.................................................................................... 224
§ 25. Probable Cause to Initiate Civil Proceedings..................................................................... 237
§ 26. Abuse of Process................................................................................................................ 245
CHAPTER 5 - SECONDARY LIABILITY
§ 27. Civil Conspiracy................................................................................................................. 255
§ 28. Aiding and Abetting........................................................................................................... 263
PARALLEL TABLES
Restatement Second, Torts, to Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm
Table of Statutes Table of Cases Index

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